Introduction to Permaculture

Course Name: Introduction to Permaculture – 2-day residential course

What is it about?

The term ‘Permaculture’ was coined by Bill Mollison in 1978. The word is a contraction of “Permanent Agriculture” and also of “Permanent Culture”. The aim of Permaculture is to create systems that are ecologically sound, economically viable and self sustaining.

Permaculture studies and applies holistic solutions that are applicable in rural and urban contexts at any scale to create resilient and regenerative systems. It is a multidisciplinary toolbox including agriculture, water harvesting, renewable energy, natural building, agroforestry, waste management, animal systems, appropriate technology, economics and community development.
This course will help you understand the basic tenets of Permaculture and inspire you to use it in your everyday life.

Who is it for?

Permaculture offers a solution based approach to conscious design. It alters how one lives their life, their relationship with Mother Earth and all her life-forms. Therefore, this course is for anyone, regardless of origin, gender, age who would like to live an ecologically balanced life and contribute towards a sustainable future.

We encourage participants from all walks of life, professions, countries as the more varied the batch, the richer the take-aways. We conduct “Introduction to Permaculture” courses both in English and Telugu. If needed, course can be done in Hindi as well.

“This course was very enriching! It helped me in getting an insight into how we are spending energies trying to defy basics of nature, instead of using them. It also helped to streamline what was otherwise cluttered knowledge in my journey to become a farmer.”– Ravi Kiran Kalidindi, Hyderabad

What will the course cover?

The Introduction to Permaculture course is an enriching course with a fair mix of practicals and theory. It will cover the following topics:

Origin of Permaculture – Definition, brief world history and scope of Permaculture. History and application in India.

Permaculture ethics and principles

Design methodology – From analysis to design to implementation

Additional topics that will be customized and covered based on discussion with local course coordinators includes:

Introduction to soils, composting methods

Organic Gardening – perennial gardens and farms

Forestry – Definition and how to integrate with farms

Natural building – local sustainable building options for house design

The theory classes will be interspersed with practicals, group discussions and on – ground activities.

To know more about when the next Introduction to Permaculture course is going to be conducted, click here.

Who will conduct the course?

Narsanna Koppula is India’s most renowned permaculture practitioner. Trained by Bill Mollison and Robyn Francis in the 1980s, Narsanna has worked tirelessly for the last three decades to bring ecological and sustainable agricultural to thousands of farmers across India.

His permaculture begins with helping farmers develop water catchment systems that allow them to be self-sufficient with their water (jala swaraj). He teaches them to diversify their crops and leave no ground left fallow to develop a self-sufficient farm. This allows for the formation of Mahatma Gandhi’s final goal of a self-sufficient and self-reliant community (gram swaraj).

Where will the course be conducted?

The course will be conducted most often at:

Aranya Farm – The ideal learning ground for Permaculture, this 10-acre farm sits near Zaheerabad and has been developed following permaculture principles by Aranya Agricultural Alternatives’ founders to become a functional model. It is an oasis of green and an excellent example of rainfed agriculture in the dry lands. Indigenous perennials keep the farm supplied with tropical fruits 365 days a year. Aranya is the perfect location to learn about Indian Permaculture, water harvesting, plant identification and uses. It is a warm, welcoming, constantly evolving place with one motto: (almost) everything should come from the system and remain as long as possible within the system. All delegates will be invited to visit this farm during the International Permaculture Convergence in November 2017.

It can also happen that the course happens at:

Polam Farm– Situated by the Singur reservoir near Raipad village in Sangareddy district of Telangana, Polam is getting prepared to welcome 500+ participants for the upcoming International Permaculture Convergence in November 2017.

Get in touch with us to know more about the Introduction to Permaculture course @ aranyahyd [at] gmail [dot] com

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“My overall experience during this week-end was great. The one thing that I learnt about permaculture is the “Art of Giving”: give back to the nature a little which nurtures you. The learning experience changes the mindset towards way of life for present butterfly generation.”– Bhupender Singh, Hyderabad

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Aranya Agricultural Alternatives

Aranya Agricultural Alternatives is an Environmental and Developmental organisation that provides Permaculture guidance to communities, organisations, Governments and other National and International agencies while also creating sustainable livelihoods since 1999.